Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-26

bureau for the purpose of executing
the law good deal Of difficulty could
be cot over
The conference report on the army
Appropriation hill waas then agreed TO.
The conference report on the bill for
the allotment of lands in scvcralty TO
Indians was agreed 10.
Mr.. Hoar, from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, reported in
the case of the petition of the residents
Of Washington county, Texas, alleging
that they had been unlawfully deprived
Of The right of suffrage at the late cleo
ton.
A resolution was recommended IN
structing the committee TO inquire into
all the circumstances, with power
to send for persons and papers, to
employ n stenographer, and to act by
subcommittee.
MIR. Salisbury, a member OF the
committee, said that he had voted
against the report in the committee and
would vote against it in the Senate.
Mr.. Eustis. another member of the
committee, made like statement,
The report and memorial were or
dered to be printed, and went over for
the present
Mr.. Malone, from the Committee on
Public Buildings, reported back House
bill for the erection of a public building
Mt Charleston, 5. c., limiting the price
Of the site 10 Sl0n, 900 and of the build
ing to 5000, 0C0). Placed on calendar
The resolution offered by Mr.. Call
some time since (amendcd so rs to in
struc the Acknowledgement to bring
suit for an injunction against the
Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany) was called up.
Mr.. Morgan addressed the Senate in
opposition to it. Mr.. Morgan was still
speaking when the hour of 2 o'clock
arrived, and the presiding officer an
n0uncod the regular order to be the I'M
finished msiness-the bill to establish
agricultural experimental stations.
Mr. Blair moved to lay aside the I'M
finished business and take up the pro-
posed woman-miiragc constitutional
amendment. Carried by vote of %
to 16.
Before proceeding with the considera-
ton of the suffrage resolution the
Chair announced his signature to the
Interstate commerce bill.
The following is the text Of the pro-
posed amendment "The right of citi-
zcns Of the United States to vote shall
not he denied or abridged by the United
States or by State Oh account of sex.
Congress shall have power, by appro-
pirate legislation. TO enforce the pro-
visions of this article
Mr. Brown addressed the Senate in
opposition. He said that az n member
of the select committee on woman suf-
frage he had signed with Senator Cock
rclD "A minority report, in which they
had sought to establish the fact that the
proposed legislation would be injudi-
cious and mwisc. He should not hest
tate TO rciterate portions of what he had
then said. He believed the Creator in
tended that the sphere Of males and fe-
malcsOf hehumm race should be diiie-
rent, and that their duties and obliga-
tons, while they differed materially, were
equally important and equally honora-
bic. 1t was doubtful, he said, whether
man or woman had now the most influ
cnce in government affairs An intclli-
gent, noble, cultivated woman was a
power behind the throne. All her in
tluence was in favor of morality
and of good government She
now exercised an imperccptible
influence in public affairs much
greater than she could if female suffrage
were enacted 1t might bee gratiiica-
ton 10 a small minority of women, but
it would be cruelty to large majority
of them. The most ignorant and less
refined portions of the female popula-
tonic say nothing OF the baser
classcs-would flock to the polls,
while the refined, intelligent, and viz
tuous women would stay at home.
Thus there would be vast propOnde-
rance of Ignorance and wee ut the polls.
Things were bad enough now in that
connection Was the Senate ready Ia
expose women to such decentralization
aud the country to such strain
III order merely to crafty n
small minority at the expense Of NOR
titicatiOn to a large majority? He
regarded the movement rs an attempt
to reverse the very law of being. Neither
the physical nor moral laws of nature
could he reversed, but this was a move
ment TO attempt to reverse those laws.
His opinion was that Il very large ma
jority of the American people land
even of the female SEX opposed this
movement, and they were wise III do
ing So He therefore protested against
the passage of the resolution.
Mr. Dolph argued in favor Of the
resolution, and held that the question
for the Senate was not that of cstab
fishing woman suffrage, hut of submit
ting that question to vote of the seye-
raj States.
Mr.. Hoar also supported the resolu
ton.
Mcssrs. Eustis and Vest opposed it,
and Mr. Blair closed the debate i'll ia
vor of the resolution.
A vote was then taken and it was re-
jected:
ICas.-Messrs. Blair, Bowen, Che
ney, Conger Cullom, Dolph, Farwell,
Hoar. Henderson, Mitchell of Oregon,
Mitchell of Pennsylvania, Palmer,
Platt, Sherman, Tiller, and Wilson of
Iowa-1G.
NdyS.-Mcssrs. Beck, Berry, Black
burn, Brown, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Col
quit, Eustis, Eyarts, George, Gray,
Hampton, Harris, Hawley, ingalls,,
Jones of Nevada, Mcmillan, McPher
son, Malone, Morgan, Morrill,, Payne, |
Pugh, Salisbury, Sawyer, Sewell, |
Spooner, Vance, Vest, Walthall, Whit
horne, Williams, and Wilson of Mary |
land-34.
Pairs were announced between
Messrs. Chace and Ransom, Dawes and |
Maxey, German and Frye, Stanford
and Camden, Miller and Kenna, Butler
and Cameron, and Jones of Arkansas
and Harrison.
Mr.. Plumb was absent when the vote
was taken, but afterward said he would
have voted aye
Public-building bills were taken from
Inc calendar and passed as follows:
70 transfer certain rooms occupied by
United States courts to city of Jack